The Florence Nightingale Academy

The Florence Nightingale Academy is performing well since its first inspection, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas of evaluation. The school fosters a caring and collaborative environment that encourages pupils to reach high academic goals and engage in various enriching experiences. Despite facing challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders and staff have effectively worked to elevate academic standards, with notable successes in mathematics and English. The positive relationships between staff and students contribute significantly to the supportive atmosphere, ensuring that pupils feel safe and respected.

Strengths

• Strong sense of teamwork and community among students and staff.
• High expectations for pupil behaviour and attitudes.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Well-organized reading and mathematics programs that help pupils achieve good outcomes.
• A wide range of extra-curricular opportunities for personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' knowledge of fundamental British values and world faiths is not secure.
• Some parents feel that communication between school and home could be improved.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Florence Nightingale Academy attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.8% of pupils at The Florence Nightingale Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Florence Nightingale Academy had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 36.8% of pupils at The Florence Nightingale Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Florence Nightingale Academy received £7,864 and spent £7,844 for each of its 329 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £307,000 (£935 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The White Hills Park Trust Ltd, income was £6,969 and spending £7,152 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Nottingham · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

The Florence Nightingale Academy is part of The White Hills Park Trust Ltd, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Springbank Academy Nottingham
• Bramcote College Nottingham
• Foxwood Academy Nottingham
• Alderman White School Nottingham
• Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• John Clifford Primary School Nottingham
• The Lanes Primary School Nottingham
• Arno Vale Junior School Nottingham

What is The Florence Nightingale Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Florence Nightingale Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was The Florence Nightingale Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Florence Nightingale Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does The Florence Nightingale Academy have?

The Florence Nightingale Academy has 321 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Florence Nightingale Academy cover?

The Florence Nightingale Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are The Florence Nightingale Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Florence Nightingale Academy?

The Florence Nightingale Academy is at Chewton Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3HB.